116 AEBOR DAY. 



The beneficial influence of Arbor Day is not limited to 

 Nebraska, but has extended over nearly the whole coun- 

 try. In no way could the people of the United States 

 better show its gratitude to Mr. Morton than by asking 

 congress to pass a law declaring Hon. J. Sterling Morton's 

 birthday, the twenty-second day of April of each year, a 

 National Arbor Day, and by faithfully observing this day 

 by planting of forest trees, or by cultivating trees pre- 

 viously planted. 



Hoping that besides an annual Arbor Day we shall 

 soon have Arbor Weeks and Arbor Months, and that 

 these may be as successful as J. Sterling Morton's Arbor 



Days, I sign, 



Very respectfully yours, 



ADOLPH LETJE. 



FROM HON. GEORGE W. MINIER. 



MINIER, ILL., April 7, 1888. 



DEAR SIR Some years since, at the " Forestry Con- 

 gress " in Washington, D. C., Ex-Gov. Furnas, of your 

 state, introduced Gov. J. Sterling Morton to the congress 

 as the "inventor" of Arbor Day. His hand was 

 heartily grasped by those great-hearted and great-brained 

 men who, without hope of personal reward and at their 

 own cost, were laboring to perpetuate the old and plant 

 new forests. For myself, I felt like Paul at the Three 



